UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXII
on the SHIN
By JOE HOLLOWAY, c'35
A Little More Election . . We Run a Contest . . Do You Like Your Miller With or Without? . . Biography of Bill Cochrane.
This election business is really getting us down. First Joan was campaigning exclusively for the PSGL and now we hear that she's kind of changed her policy a little and is spreading it for Pachacamac. Then, we hear that Frank Allen of Phi Si1 is running on the Progressive's ticket even though he doesn't think so, and they the Progressives make a pretty neat touch when the Beta's insulted their friend Buddy and hung one of the yellow tickets on his collar.
We really don't mind having to do the trucks of our noble institution when we cross the campus intersections, but do they have to drive the darned things down the walks too?
The time has come dear readers when we must lower our standards of writing and do that commonest of things—run a contest. The main object of the contest will be to give a little peace and quiet to one of the Hill's greatest musical minds—that of Henry Miller. In a fit of something or other, anyway it must have been strong. Hank let Bill "Mother" Phipps shave of his mountaineer and sinceANK's hank turned great, the most wonderful that little song bird is worrying about whether he looks best with or without. The accident happened Thursday and still Hank is undesided so we've decided to help him out a little.
To you readers who don't happen to know young Henry, he is the crooner extraordinary with Red Blackburn's band—and if the spirit moves him now and then he plays guitar too. In fact, he has been known to lead the band now and then also, and can by the medium of a few corny cracks and puns, tell you in a couple of seconds that he used to play on the piano. Ken Ford outfits and one of those collapsible Ford outfits and he looks just a bit funny, that is, sort of dark brown and shaggy, why that's his dog "Rusty" and you got fooled because Hank was the one driving the car.
Please cast a critical glance at the puss of our friend and enemy (when he sings) and then write to On the Shin and tell us if you think he looks better without his hair-lip. To the person who answers most correctly, cleverly, etc. there will be a grand prize of—well, we'll decide later and there will be no favoritism displayed in the awarding of the prize because the lark's still in the heavens and On the Shin does not contain! P.S. The contest will close two weeks from tomorrow, so there.
Did you know that Phil Frick—he's the one who boots Mrs. Watkins' Cadillac freight train around the campus—and compouses to get a set of dishes with?
Have you heard the tale of William Lauretchoke Cochrane and his hip Boots, or "Two Rubbers of Bridge and a Union Fountain Milkahake!" Well, one sunny day Cochrane, Metzler, and Prof. Werner were going fishing at the State Lake and Cochrane, having always in the past confined himself to big game hunting at sorority houses, thought he would need some hip Boots. High and tall, he was good at hunting, but he spent the entire day before the one set for the event, looking for them none could be find. Finally he went to Mr. Werner and confessed to him that he would be a total short out as far as waders were concerned. And indeed, the Dean of the Boys waxed exceeding worth and for a time it seemed that there would be much aloab about nothing but Boots. Finally, they decided not to wear Boots and be as the Dean said, Willy could fish off of the bank or else they might be able to hire a boot, but just the same, theBoots were really the thing to have because the water is only from 30 to 40 feet deep! (The End)
Prof. Flint was talking about an etching he wanted to show his class in critical writing but he couldn't because it had disappeared. Said he "Since it was the picture of a lady minus most of her clothing, I suppose she's gone to find something to put on."
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1835
Fred Jeans, gr, has received an assistant instructor's scholarship at Brown University. He plans to obtain his Doctor's degree in Spanish.
Science Academy Elects University Professor Leader
W. J. Baumgartner Choser President at Sixty-seventh Annual Meeting
A wide range of scientific topics were presented at the sixty-seventh annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, held this weekend at the University. Officers for next year elected were as follows:
President, Prof. W. J. Baumgartner
president of zoology at the University
first vice president, L. Oncleay,
Winfield; second vice president, H. H. Hall;
Pittsburg; secretary, Roger C. Smith;
treasurer; treasurer, A. H. Zinsser.
Hays.
Editorial Board; editor-in-chief, F. C. Gates, Manhattan; managing editor, W. J. Braumgart; Lawrence; associate editors, G. A. Kelby, Hoyle, O. E. Deree and Robert Taft, associate professor of chemistry at the University.
Section chairman chosen for next year's meetings were; botany. L. E Molchers, Manhattan; zoology. Dr James E. Ackert, Manhattan; physics H.A. Zinszer, Hays; chemistry; Prof.C. H. Whitan, Manhattan; psychology Bert A. Nash, associate professor of education at the University.
The Junior Academy, made up of high school students, chose Eddie Price of Lawrence as president; and Virginia Griffith, Shawna Mission High School of Marinia as secretary. Shawnee Mission will host its exhibition and demonstrations.
The Kansas Entomological Society held its meetings Saturday forenoon and afternoon, with 80 or more delegates present from colleges and high schools, with visitors from the Universities of Arkansas, Colorado, and Nebraska.
Papers Given At Meetings
Papers Given A M Meeting
Among papers given at the various meetings of the Kansas Academy were the following:
In a paper before the general society, H. Wallace Lane, graduate student at the University, reported progress on his study of the venom of the Black Widow spider. His most definite conclusion was that the venom could be predictable. He was unprepared, as yet, to say whether this was due to variations in the susceptibility of the animals tested, or to variations in the potency of the venom, due to difference in age of the spiders, its vitality, food, season, or temperature. Mr. Lane has originated a device for obtaining the venom from black widow spiders, and hopes to standardize his toxin.
The Executive Council of the Kansas Academy of Science voted to prepare special bulletins for next year giving information on the preparation of papers at the
Four Kansas mineral industries gained ground in the depression years, 1929-32, three lost ground and one broke even. Dr. K. L. K. Landes, assistant state geologist and professor of geology at the University, in a paper presented figures showing that in the depression years Kansas produced an increasing percentage in the national output of natural gas, coal, salt and gypsum.
These methods are: the construction of reservoirs for storage and solar evaporation of salt water; the plant of evaporation of brines for recovery of mineral salt; and for return of brines to their underground formation.
Kansas Production Fell Off
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A. E. Douglas, director of the Stewart observatory at the University of Arizona, told a general audience of his investigations of tree rings in Arizona trees, by which he has been able to reconstruct a calendar, year by year back to 11 A.D., showing definitely which of the tree rings had an abundance of moisture. Further study, he says, will add much to the fund of information on climate.
In some of these the Kansas production fall off somewhat but not nearly so rapidly as in the nation. Cement, clay and petroleum brooks practically even and petroleum brooks practically even.
Description of an electro-static generator, erected at the University and capable of generating voltages up to 800,000 or even more, was given by the physics section of the Kansas Academy of Science, by D. C. Jackson, head of the department of electrical engineering of the University.
Disposal of Salt Water Discussed Three methods of disposal of salt water incident to petroleum development in Kansas were discussed by Ernest A. Bowyer, professor of civil engineering, in a talk Saturday afternoon.
Kansas City Times
Editorial Compliments
A Cappella Choir
the Kansas City Times yesterday carried the following highly complimentary editorial on the work of the band. Cappella choir in its recent concerts:
"The appearance of the Westminster in a Cappella choir with the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra Th ur sd a night, as on a previous occasion recently when that organization gave a concert of its own here, has given Kansas City two opportunities of becoming acquainted with the admirable work being done at the University of Kansas under David Donald M. Swearer and the increased choral singing is becoming increasingly popular in this part of the country and the standards set by the Westminster choir are particularly high.
"The recognition involved by the invitation to appear with the Philharmonic was well deserved. The choir acquitted itself excellently in a difficult program and its achievement should act as a useful stimulus for other choruses, some of which, at least, do not have the problem of a constantly shifting personnel, such as confrances Dean Swarthout."
Mildred Seaman Gives
Piano Recital Tomorrow
Master of Music Degree
Candidate Will Play
at 8 O'clock
Mildred Seaman, pianist, a pupil,
Dean D. M. Swartth, and a candidate
in June for the Master of Music degree,
will present a recital of unusual interest
at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening in
the Administration auditorium.
Miss Seanam received her Bachelor of Music degree in 1927 under Dean Swarthout, after several years previous study under Prof. Iflig Harsion, and three years abroad in Paris under the eminent French pedagogy, Isidor Philipp. Following this for a number of years she was instructor in piano Stuart McCallum at the music ser, WVA. For the past two years she has been doing piano study under Dean Swarthout toward her advanced degree.
The program to be played by Miss Seanam is as follows: "Chaconne" (Bach-Busoni); "Prelude, Choral and Fugue" (Franck); "Napoli Suite" (Poulen); "Concerto in C Sharp Minor, Op. 30" (Rimsky-Korsakov).
Orchestral parts as a second piano will be played by Dean Swarthout.
The World Purview Conducted by Prof. F. E. Melvin
Germany in the Center-Stage . . .
Poland Lands in the Spotlight . . .
Diplomatic Efforts Futile for
Open Door in Manchuria
Though less in the spotlight Germany has played center-stage still in the past week's news. Arriving by air Sunday at Berlin, Simon and Capt. Eden spent two days in obviously futile "exploratory" conferences with Foreign Secretary von Neurath and Hitler. Reports of great armament demands by Hitler great armament concessions, Memel, the Polish corridor, Bohemian frontier lands, customs-union with Austria and eventual return of colonies, were denied in Berlin angrily, in London evasively (where Simon refused to answer parliamentary queries before the end of Eden's further visits). Hitler's angry disavowals also of German intrigues in Abyssinia, however, are seemingly not important in this regard. In short Germany will be talked about—not talking at the Stressa conferences.
The "disillusioning" Anglo-German talks have been followed by German excitement over death sentence on four German Nazis convicted in treason trials at Memel. The outcome has been expected for weeks by those watching the case, yet comes at a moment which tests Hitler's non-aggressive professions. Hitler pretends to find innocence in the amicable professions of the security service, but he himself in coercive demands on Lithuania for commutation of the Nazi sentences. Yet evidence is lacking that Hitler has followed—or will use—the regular procedure of appeal to the special Leagus Council session, thereby making his complaints very suspect. Perhaps he suspects that the League—and "Allied" coalition will demand that Lithuania so feeble support against Polish encroachments, would be loathe to press Lithuania now. Might Lithuania be another Boonie—Boomie another Sergeje?
Nazis Convicted of Treason
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Would Buy Keys
The Progressive Student Government League last night criticized the present men's student council, controlled by the Pachacamaca Party, for the use of student funds for the purchase of council keys for council members. The league, according to Charles B. Anderson, 138, chairman, believes that the members of the council should buy the keys, and the leagueULEs that if its candidate organizations are elected, student funds will not be used for this purpose.
PSGL Promises to Purchase Own Council Insignia
"In keeping with the general PSCL policy and its specific aim to reduce all needles student government expenses," Anderson pointed out, "PSCL proposes that the members of the Men's Student Council should not use student funds for the purchase of decorative council keys. This has been a practice of most student councils in the past few years, and a large sum was spent this year by the Pachacamac student council for the purchase of their keys.
"The keys are not a necessity for the carrying out of an intelligent and progressive student government program and so the PSGL council candidates wish to go on record at this time by pledging themselves to the student body with a definite promise that this needless expense will be eliminated.
"It is an accepted procedure in practically all Hill organizations for the individual members to purchase their own keys or pins. The Progressive Student Government League advocates that this same policy should be practiced by the members of the Men's Student Council."
University Orchestra Spring Concert Today
Miss Ruth Orcutt to Play Original Composition in Program
The University Symphony Orchestra conducted by Prof. Karl Krusteiner, will give its spring concert this week at Cock in the University auditorium.
The program will include "War March of the Priests" from "Atalia," and "Nocturne" from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Mendelssohn). Gies' drama from Incendio takes us elsewhere from the incidental music for Isen's dramatic poem. "Peer Gent."
Ruth Orcutt, pianist, will play her own composition "Concertpeace." This work was written in 1928 and received the highest award at the Chicago Musi-
The last number on the program is "Russian Easter Overture" (Rimsky-Karsakoff). This is a musical picture of old Russia at the Easter season, written on themes from the Russian Church.
Co-Ed Dance Wednesday
Annual Hop Will Take Place of Weekly W.S.G.A.Tea
The annual Co-Ed-Hop, which will
ake the place of the regular W.S.G.A.C.
ton, will be held in the Union ballroom
at midday afternoon at 4 clock to
5:30.
The Co-Ed Hop is a general mixer and dance for all University women. It is sponsored by the W.S.G.A. and by the W.G.A. and presented by the Co-Ed Club.
Mildred Ingham, c35; and Evangeline Clark, c36; are in charge of the Hop. The publicity committee is composed of Ira McDonald, c37; Anna Catherine Stous, cunic; Mulled Ingham, c35; Alice Cool-baugh, c38; and Hazel Rice, c36.
Dick Gosset's orchestra will play for the dancing. Specialty numbers will be given by Estella Mae Emery, c'88; Harlan Thompkins, c'88; and Anna Marie Thompkins, c'33.
Catherine Holmes, c'38, is chairman of the reception committee. Other members of this committee are Mary Robb, *uncle*, and Castella Childers, c'67.
Should See Advisers April 8-12
Prof. J. H. Nelson, associate dean of the College, announced yesterday that mid-semester reports have been turned in, and that freshmen and sophomores should see their advisers about their grades from April 8 to 12. Office hours of the advisers will be posted on theletin board opposing the College office.
Irlene L. Bell, '32, Lawrence, has been awarded a scholarship for one year's study in advertising by the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa.
Dean Raymond A. Schwegel of the School of Education spoke yesterday at Kinsley to a convention of teachers on school board members of the county,
POLITICAL BATTLE GAINS MOMENTUM AS PACHACAMACS FACE NEW PARTY FOR FOURTH TIME IN EIGHT YEARS
Stockton Names Seventeen
School of Business Honor Roll Includes 8 Seniors and 9 Juniors
An honor roll containing the names of eight seniors and nine juniors of the School of Business, is announced by F. T. Stockton, dean of the School. The list: Seniors, Lloyd Metzler, Lawrence, O. F. Carl F. Clint Layer, Walter C. Everley, Kansas City Law, John H. Sweeney, Heaford, Lawrence, John Lumpkin, Topeila, Roger R. Craig, Lawrence, Imberg Swanson, McPherson
Juniors, Jerome J. Kessman, Kansas City, M., Lowell M. Hill, Filt, Mich, Bert Rush, Independence, Ray L, Britton, Topeka, Hdr. D. Price, Lawrence, Donald Weidman, Eldorado, Tom Hanceco, Kansas City, M, Mary Helen Gray, Lawrence, and Clifford Goring, Arlington.
Commencement Speakers Announced by Chancellor
Morrison and Bryan Wil Deliver Graduating Addresses
Commencement speakers for the sixty-third commencement of the University, June 9 and 10, were announced yesterday by Chancellor E. H. Lindley. The Baccalaureate sermon will be by Charles Clayton Morrison, editor of the Christian Century, interdenominational magazine of Chicago. Dr. Morrison is who a native of Ohio, and a graduate of Drake University and of the University of Chicago, has held pastorates in Iowa cities, Chicago and Springfield, Ill. He has been editor of the Christian Century since 1908, and has been professional lecturer on Christianity and world peace at the Chicago Theological seminary since 1931.
The Commencement address is to be by William Love Bryan, president of the University of Indiana for the past thirty years and a member of the Indiana faculty for twenty years before that.
President Bryan was born near Bloomington, in 1860, and received degrees from the University of Indiana in 1884 and 1886, and his Ph.D. from Clark University in 1892. He has num- bers in the field of neuropsychology, an author of several works relating to Plato, and is a contributor to the psychological journals.
Journalists Attend Dinner
Kansas, Missouri and Kansas State Sigma Delta Chi's Hear Speakers
The Kansas chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity met with members of the fraternity from the University of Missouri and Kansas City to attend the funeral of this district for a dinner at the Steuben Club in Kansas City Friday night.
Speakers for the evening were Charles P. Stansell, associate editor of the Kansas City Star; Kenneth Clark, Associated Press, president of the Kansas City chapter of the American Guild of Newspapers; and Harold Allen, German exchange scholar from the University in 1933-34. The speakers were introduced by Prof. Alfred M. Lee, associate professor of journalism.
Members of the Kansas chapter who attended the dinner were William Blitzard, Allen Merriam, Mary Valentine, Joe Pryor, Herbert Meyer, John Berkelley, Fred Harris, jr, Joseph Doctor, Bill Rodgers, Rutherford B. Hayes, Max Moxley, Robert Patt, and J. K. Lister, chapter adviser, Rev. Charles Engval, pastor of the Unitarian church and attended of the Minnesota chapter also attended. Alumni of the Kansas chapter present were Robert Smith, John Shively, Maurice Rice, Wally Walhquist, Lester Suhler, and Lawrence Piper.
White and Hibbs Will Speak
two alumni, William Allen White,
'90, and Ben Hibbs,'24, associate editor of The Country Gentleman, will speak at the New York alumni meeting, April 15.
Pachacamac Nominee Withdraws
William Blizzard, gr., gave notice of withdrawal as nominee for the position of representative of the graduate school on the Pachacamac ticket. Blizzard state that he does not know whether or not he will return to the University next year. His resignation has not yet been acted upon by the Pachacamac party.
Two Fraternity Men Running for President Unusual Feature of Spring Campaigns
DEBATE IN SPOTLIGHT
By Kansan Political Writer
All Candidates to Be Presented at Open Meeting Tuesday Night
Pachacama is facing the fourth political oponent in eight years. When the Oread-Kayahk party was formed in 1930, they were victorious. If a new party will be successful this year, remains to be seen.
With the filing of nomination petitions Friday night with Keele Tillard, c35, secretary of the Men's Student Council, Pachacamac and PSGL students are putting forth final efforts to gain votes for their respective sides for the presidential election in several years in several years that two fraternity men are running for president.
There will be a special concentration of effort on the part of both parties Tuesday night when the platforms of each will be discussed at the University Auditorium, to win followers. If it fails, there will be mud-slinging contest, and personal attacks, its purpose is commendable. To make it a success, however, it is the responsibility of each man and woman student at the University to attend. The platforms of both parties are not limited to the students, but effect the entire student body. Henry Werner, men student adviser, will preside.
PSGL has suggested all candidates sit on the platform and be introduced. In most elections hill voters never see the candidates.
Anschutz Invited To Speak
"Also, by Lyman Field, PSGL presidential nominee, is to speak," Charles Anderson, PSGL chairman said yesterday, "we think it only fair to Norbert Anschutz, Pachacamac presidential nominee, that he be given the opportunity to speak as the third Pachacamac speaker. However, if this is not agreeable to Speakers Metzler and Mykland, we will be glad to carry on the debate as they see fit."
With 18 fraternity and 14 non-fraternity men running on the ticket for the Rising Sun party, it is rather obvious that that political group is depending to a great extent on the votes of the organized houses, in which members can be "made up to vote". The PSGL slate is made up of 13 fraternity men and 20 unaffiliated candidates. Depending on the votes of the unorganized members, 69 are in getting its followers out to vote, a thing in which non-fraternity men have not shown any outstanding interest in past years.
The Pachacamacs have won one victory already this year, in coming out victorious in the freshmen elections. They were opposed in this fall election by the then-existing Oread-Kayhawk party.
Representatives 17 to 16 Last Year
The division between fraternity and non-fraternity men in the election last spring was 17 non-fraternity, and 16 fraternity for the Pachacamac party, and the same number of representatives for each group as this year, on the Oread-Kayhawk ticket. Last year both tickets were divided evenly between the major offices. This year, while both parties had one president, Novent Anchezuet, Pachacamac, and Lyman Field. PSGLare fraternity men, the former party has only one non-fraternity candidate in the major officers. The PSGL slate is divided evenly, in the four top officers.
The debate is an effort on ti. part of the PSGL to do away with the muddling and the bright colored bulletins that have cluttered up the campus for the first few days before election. That party may remember the eggs and paint that it predecessors received last year. No comment has been made by the Pacachacam leaders whether or not they will continue to use hand bills.
With the adoption of the Hare system of Proportional Representation by the Men's Student Council, the distribution of Council positions to the two political parties, will depend upon the proportion of votes poled by each.
Thompson Added To PSGL Slate Orville Thompson, unaffiliated, has been announced at the PSGL candidate for the School of Pharmacy representative.